Bob49

Are these still available?

Try Alan Gibson (Colin) has a good range of P4 wheels. It's best to email him. Marc

I a dipping my toes into P4 at the moment as an alternative to S7. Marc

I was going for fair dodgers.

I have built plain track using it in 7mm. It was pretty straightforward. Only issue I have in 7mm is they don't do check rail chairs for S7 so I went back to brass rivet construction for my S7 points. I have P4 point kit to build which has all the correct chairs. I believe that they do full sets of chairs in 4mm in OOFS, EM and P4 standards. So if your working in 7FS or in 4mm you should be fine.

I have to say the brake van would be an interesting model

Interesting prototype

Those little platforms are actually quite common one lines around the world were tokens or staffs had to be exchanged. Marc

Where would I get my hands on a copy of the GNR(I) coach book?

Good Luck with the new job. Hopefully it somewhere nice.

There is a 88 preserved and I have seen a drawing stating that the 48's could be supplied at any gauge between 2'6 and 5'3 so it is possible that a 48 came across the sea.

In the 4ft8.5 world the smallest 6 wheeler I have found is a 28ft on a 18ft (9+9) wheel base built by the LSWR in 1879-83. After this date the length of the coaches grow out to 35ft with a 20ft (10+10) wheel base before the move to bogie stock in the 1890's. You can also guarantee that there was a coach with a dimension any where between the two. LNWR 6 wheelers were all 30ft1 long and the DNGR coaches were no difference.

I managed to get a good look at a Dapol B4 tank yesterday. I was intrigued to see they held the roof on with twn nuts glued to the roof and two magnets attached to the inside of the cab. The magnets didn't actually come in contact with the nuts so there was no alignment issues. Marc

Intresting cattle van on the left. Looks like an open topped one that has been given a flat roof. don't think I have seen one like it before. Marc

The 2 plank is now painted. Buffers an wheels should be added tomorrow. I have also been working on 2.GNR(I) opens. A 4 plank open and a 6 plank open. These should be getting their wheels and buffers in the morning. Marc

Looking good Marc

If I'm using rattle can, which is mainly for primer. I stick the can in a bucket of really hot water for five minutes before I use it. It gives a more even coat. Marc

The wagon is in 7mm but as it's a print can scale it down very easily. I've got some brass subframes on there was so I can build it at 36mm track. The print angle is worked out on the ratio between the number of pixels per square inch and the size of the slice. So it will change depending on which printer you are using. There is a web site where you can put your printer in and the thickness of slice and it gives you the angle. Your holes could be because your build plate might need an extra waiting time to allow the resin to settle before the light comes back on. I had the same problem and this solved the problem. Marc

Hi David, Thanks for the tip I will check your thread out. Marc

Fresh off the printer a DNGR dia 1 2plk open. I'm hoping to have it finished in then next week or so. Marc

What's the chassis like? Marc

How easy is it to build the Alphagraphix kit as a 5ft3 rather than the 8ft8 1/2 that it is designed at? I'm trying to work out if it's a kit bash or a scratch built job. Marc

A bit of an update on the wagon photo. There is a DN&GR wagon diagram book prepared by the LNWR, in 1903, of which a have go a few pages, the rest is on the way. This a snap shot of what was still in existance in 1903, anythibng scraped before or built after will not feature. So the 2plk open is actually a DN&GR D1 2plk 16ft long, 8ft wide, on a 9ft wheel base. Rated a 7tons and fitted with No1 round bottomed greese axle boxes. The other wagon is a DN&GR D2 coal wagon 16ft long, 8ft wide, one a 9ft wheel base. Rated at 10tons and fitted with No.2 greese axle boxes. I have no info, yet on where they were built, in what numbers were built etc but I have a fealing that might be on the way as well. Marc

I found this on a well known website. The first wagon is a carbon copy of the LNWR 4ft8.5 dia2 2 plk fixed side the other one looks like a LNWR loco coal wagon with a centre door. I have also passed the photo on to a friend who is in the LNWR Society to see if he can throw some light onto it. If the DNGR followed the LNWR's livery protocal the the phot dates from before 1910 when the diamonds were replaced with large LNWRs Marc